
Early Thursday, a House committee approved a bill to cap National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) spending in 2024 at about $23.8 billion and blocked a plan to repeal legal deadlines to make new nuclear weapon cores. The proposed 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) would also approve $70 million to fund development of a sea-launched variant of the W80-4 cruise missile warhead that the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory is working on. The Biden administration for two years has proposed canceling…